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Oscar-nominated Iranian director Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident) used a rare public appearance at the Berlin Film Festival to denounce what he described as an “unbelievable crime” unfolding in his home country, as independent filmmakers mounted a parallel campaign to spotlight artists killed and detained in a sweeping crackdown by the Islamic Republic….
This year’s awards race has seen an unprecedented surge for European talent with several films from continental auteurs — including Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, Oliver Laxe’s Sirat, and Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident (a French-Iranian production from the Iranian director) — heading into the final lap as Oscar favorites. No longer relegated to…
Palme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi has set a hearing date in Iran after filing an appeal against his sentencing for “propaganda activities against the regime” by the Tehran Revolutionary Court. On Dec. 1, the dissident Iranian filmmaker was handed a one-year prison sentence in absentia and a two-year travel ban, as well as a ban…
Iranian dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof (There Is No Evil, The Seed of the Sacred Fig) had to flee his home country to evade an eight-year prison sentence last year. But in an interview with THR, the auteur shared that he is considering a return. “Over the 15 months I have been spending out of Iran in exile, as I’m sure…
Jafar Panahi was not born a dissident filmmaker. He never strived to become one. He had the mantle of dissident artist thrust upon him by the regime in Tehran. In 2009, after Panahi attended the funeral of a student killed in the so-called Green Revolution protests, the government banned him from leaving the country. In…
Nader Saeivar’s Iranian drama No End has been dropped from the official selection of the Hainan Island International Film Festival in what filmmakers say was an act of censorship by Chinese authorities. ArtHood Entertainment, which are handling world sales for No End, told The Hollywood Reporter they received a confirmation from the Hainan Island festival…
Iranian Director Mohammed Rasoulof Faces New Charges, 8-Year Prison Sentence Dissident Iranian director Mohammed Rasoulof, who was recently released from prison on medical grounds, now faces new charges that could land him back in jail. Iranian authorities have brought three fresh charges against the director, accusing him of illegalassembly and collusion against national security, of…
Berlin Golden Bear Winner Mohammad Rasoulof Temporarily Released From Prison in Iran Dissident director Mohammad Rasoulof, whose There Is No Evil won the 2020 Berlinale Golden Bear for best film, has been temporarily released from prison in Iran on medical grounds. There Is No Evil producer Farzad Pak confirmed Rasoulof’s release to The Hollywood Reporter….
‘Le Spectre de Boko Haram’ Wins Rotterdam Festival Political dramas and documentaries were the big winners at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), as socially-relevant features from Africa, Sri Lanka and the Middle East coming away with the top honors. Cyrielle Raingou’s Le Spectre De Boko Haram, a documentary that follows a group of…
Imprisoned Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Declares Hunger Strike Jailed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has begun a hunger strike in Evin prison. The filmmaker’s wife, Tahereh Saeidi, announced the protest action on her Instagram page. In a statement issued from his prison cell and sent to The Hollywood Reporter by the director’s publicist, who translated…